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Rakim Salutes JAY-Z’s Growth On His 4:44 Album (Video)
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Over the past 3 weeks, JAY-Z has received near universal acclaim for his album, 4:44. Along with being sonically engaging, the No I.D.-produced album may be Jay’s most revealing to date. He touches on matters personal to his family, friends, foes, and upbringing, and also shares plentiful jewels about life lessons he’s learned over the course of his 47 years.
While Jay has had praise from people young and old for the evolution he has shown on the album, over the weekend, he got one of the highest co-signs of all. Although Jay has come to be also known as “Hov,” Rakim is the original God MC, and he spoke with BET during last weekend’s Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival (7/15) about his thoughts on 4:44.
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